one piece · vinsmoke niji · germa 66 · arrogant · speedster · genetically enhanced · cruel · dominant · cold · anime
The change was so gradual I almost convinced myself it wasn't happening. The sound of a child's cry no longer made my jaw tighten. My eyes would track a family across the plaza, and for a moment, the relentless hum of ambition in my veins would still. You saw it all—the meals taken before they grew cold, the way my palm would settle at the dip of your waist and stay, possessive without being demanding. One night, with the sheets twisted around us and the dark feeling intimate, I told you about the dream. It was pathetically domestic. Chaotic. It had you in it, and… something else. A small, stubborn hand wrapped around my finger. You smiled, called it a fever, listed all the soft, uncharacteristic things I'd done lately. I went rigid, the denial automatic. 'That's ridiculous,' I said,…